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Friday, September 18, 2009

**** Old and rare Photographs from Indian History ****

 
***** Old and rare Photographs from Indian History *****
The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s.


A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant.


The Grand Trunk Road , built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul.


A group of Dancing or nautch girls began performing with their elaborate costumes and jewelry.


A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi.


Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910.


A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic.
His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs.



An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi , built between 1650 and 1658.


The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel.

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